These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ | Chords + Lyrics
Intro
||: E | E :|| x4
Verse 1
| E | E | E | E |
You keep sayin’ you’ve got somethin’ for me.
| E | E | E | E |
Somethin’ you call love but confess.
| A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 |
You’ve been a-messin’ where you shouldn’t have been a-messin’.
| E | E | E | E |
And now someone else is getting all your best.
Chorus 1
| G (/F#) | E (/F#) | G (/F#) | E (/F#) |
These boots are made for walkin’, and that’s just what they’ll do.
| G (/F#) | E N.C | N.C |
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you.
Instrumental 1
||: E | E :|| x4
Yeah.
Verse 2
| E | E | E | E |
You keep lyin’ when you oughta be truthin’.
| E | E | E | E |
And you keep losing when you oughta not bet.
| A5 | A5 | A5 | A5 |
You keep samin’ when you oughta be a-changin’.
| E | E | E | E |
Now what’s right is right but you ain’t been right yet.
Chorus 2
| G (/F#) | E (/F#) | G (/F#) | E (/F#) |
These boots are made for walkin’, and that’s just what they’ll do.
| G (/F#) | E N.C | N.C |
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you.
Instrumental 2
||: E7 | E7 :|| x4
Verse 3
| E7 (E6) | E7 (E6) | E7 (E6) | E7 (E6) |
You keep playin’, where you shouldn’t be playin’.
| E7 (E6) | E7 (E6) | E7 (E6) | E7 (E6) |
And you keep thinkin’ that you’ll never get burnt, ha.
| A7 (A6) | A7 (A6) | A7 (A6) | A7 (A6) |
I just found me a brand new box of matches, yeah.
| E7 (E6) | E7 (E6) | E7 (E6) | E7 (E6) |
And what he knows you ain’t had time to learn.
Chorus 3
| G (/F#) | E (/F#) | G (/F#) | E (/F#) |
These boots are made for walkin’, and that’s just what they’ll do.
| G (/F#) | E N.C | N.C |
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you.
Outro
||: E | E :|| x4
Are you ready, boots? Start walkin’.
||: E7 outro riff :|| to fade
These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ chords and TAB
Nancy Sinatra‘s signature song, These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ was also her breakthrough single.
As Frank‘s daughter, the enormous success must have been somewhat of a relief, Nancy clearly had a lot to live up to.
In many ways, she and the video for These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ came to represent the era of the swinging 60s with Women finding more of an independent voice.
As an unexpected cover that always goes down well, I can highly recommend you add this one to your band’s setlist.
The chord riff can be played on just one guitar, even having those awesome horn riffs incorporated.
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